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losing on purpose, professionally, so you can win later on purpose.
means deliberately performing badly (usually in sports) to secure a future advantage like a better draft pick.
from from the boxing slang go into the tank meaning to take a dive, adapted by american sports fans in the 1980s to describe teams losing games strategically for draft position.
nba originpopularized by 1997 draft tanking for tim duncan
draft lotterycreated in 1985 partly to discourage it
process memephiladelphia 76ers turned it into a slogan
esports versionplayers intentionally lose ranked matches too